I felt hot tears flowing down my cheeks rapidly as my fingers clenched onto the letter. I sniffed and cried and then again sniffed and cried.
At first, he let me cry since we both had this unspoken understanding that when someone cries, we let them but as my cries became louder and unstoppable every passing second, he shifted closer and consoled me, and I let him do it. The comfort I felt around him was unexplainable. It was like I could do anything around him and he wouldn’t judge but just laugh about it. Those kinds of connections are rare and I was glad I found one.
As I tried to wipe my tears, I felt him doing the same and the support and affinity I felt with him were again unexplainable. In between his “shush’ I found my smile and contentment. His fingers on my cheek felt warm and w
